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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2024
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Ranjay Singh, Bangalore, IN;
Manoj Kumar Bantupalli, Bangalore, IN;
Srideep Chatterjee, Bhopal, IN;
Ayush Sharan, Bengaluru, IN;
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
An microgrid with a microgrid controller characterizes individual power generating assets of the microgrid by determining the level of expected parasitic losses in the delivery of power from the assets to loads that are being powered by the microgrid. The controller may command changes in the power delivery from a particular asset and then observe how a swing machine responds to those changes. By comparing the change in power delivery from the asset to the compensatory change in power delivered by the swing machine, the controller characterizes the expected parasitic losses in the delivery of power from the asset. The controller may generate and/or update a parasitic loss model for the asset and subsequently use that parasitic loss model to dispatch power from that asset in the future, such that the power dispatched takes into account the expected parasitic losses in the delivery of the power.